European Agency for Safety and Health at Work
Safer and healthier work at any age
Final overall analysis report
ottobre 2016
Table of contents
List of figures and tables
Abbreviations
Executive summary
1 Introduction
1.1 The project ‘Safer and Healthier Work at Any Age’
1.2 Methodology
1.3 Definition of an older worker
1.4 Structure of the report
2 Setting the scene: why population ageing matters for the workplace
2.1 Population ageing and its implications for European societies
2.2 An ageing workforce: challenges and opportunities
3 National frameworks to address the challenges of an ageing workforce and the extension of the working life
3.1 Concepts and factors influencing policy development
3.2 Key policy measures to address the challenges of an ageing workforce
3.3 National systems for rehabilitation and return-to-work
3.4 Mapping European countries’ policy profiles to address the challenges of an ageing workforce
4 Workplace practices to address the challenges of an ageing workforce
4.1 Initiation of programmes: main drivers
4.2 External drivers
4.3 Success factors
4.4 Specific needs of small and micro-companies
5 Conclusions and implications for policy development
5.1 Conclusions: mapping the situation in Europe
5.2 Policy options
6 References
Annexes
Annex 1: Overview of concepts related to work, health and age
Annex 2: Overview of policy measures to address the challenges of an ageing workforce
Annex 3: Analysis indicators for the grouping of national approaches to sustainable work
Annex 4: Summaries of case studies on rehabilitation and return to work
Annex 5: Summaries of case studies on workplace practices related to the ageing workforce and sustainable work
List of figures and tables
Figure 1: Population pyramid of the EU-27 by age and sex, in 2010 and 2060 (EP, 2014)
Figure 2: Changes in the proportion of age groups in the total working-age population between 1990 (baseline) and 2040, EU-28 (Eurostat, 2015b)
Figure 3: Changes in population age structure, 1990-2040 (Eurostat, 2015c, 2014a; Milieu Ltd, own calculations)
Figure 4: Changes in OADR, 1990-2040 (Eurostat, 2015c, 2014a; Milieu Ltd, own calculations)
Figure 5: Potential impacts of population ageing on European social security systems (Milieu Ltd)
Figure 6: Elements of an integrated policy framework to address the challenges of an ageing workforce (Milieu Ltd)
Figure 7: Elements of integrated systems for rehabilitation and return to work systems (Milieu Ltd)
Figure 8: Four types of national profiles based on policy approaches to the challenges of an ageing workforce (Milieu Ltd)
Figure 9: Employment rates of the age group 55-64 years in 2014 (in %), EU-28 and EFTA countries (Eurostat, 2016b)
Table 1: Specific OSH challenges in selected sectors
Table 2: Tools produced by European sectoral associations
Table 3: Concepts and models related to work, health and age
Table 4: Official retirement ages in EU/European Economic Area (EEA) Member States
Table 6: Concepts used in the policy discourse to address the challenges of an ageing workforce
Table 7: Overview of key policies to address the challenges of an ageing workforce
Table 8: Analysis indicators for country grouping
Fonte: osha.europa.eu
ISBN: 978-92-9240-988-3
doi: 10.2802/478560
© European Agency for Safety and Health atWork, 2016
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